Peter John Bodak (born 12 August 1961) is an English former

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who played as a winger.

Career

Born in

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, Bodak was a product of the

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

youth system and helped them reach the League Cup semi-finals in 1980–81. He transferred to Manchester United in July 1982, but was there for just five months before joining rivals

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without having played for United's first team. At the end of the season, he moved to Hong Kong to play for

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, followed by another move to Belgium with

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club (commonly referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. Founded in 1 ...

a year later. He returned to England with

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

in December 1986, followed by a move to

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in March 1988, where he scored four goals in 31 league appearances, as well as featuring in their 1987–88 Fourth Division play-off final triumph. At the end of the 1988–89 season, he moved back to Hong Kong with Happy Valley. He subsequently played for Walsall, Sutton Coldfield Town and Atherstone United.

References

1961 births Living people Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers Coventry City F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Seiko SA players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Belgian Pro League players Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Men's association football midfielders English expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong English expatriate men's footballers English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub